Alumni Roundup: Week Eight

April 8, 2025


Back-to-back clean outings for Matt Barnes II of UC Davis, Daniel Pacella continues to rake and Noah Edders gets a new nickname. Here's what you need to know about week eight..

Week Eight


It's no surprise Daniel Pacella is having the season he's having. He's been a force at Illinois State since his freshman year, so those who have paid attention know exactly what Pacella can do. His bat, through the first week of April, has been red-hot. He's hitting .390 and has a hit in his last seven games - three of those being multi-hit games.

His best game this past weekend came on Saturday against Valpo - he had two hits, scored three runs and drove in five to add to his RBI total of 32 on the season. Pacella and the Redbirds are tied for second in the MVC with SIU and sit a game behind Missouri State.


Noah Edders (Troy), now nicknamed "Aura Edders," earned his third win of the year on Saturday against Old Dominion. He threw 6.1 innings, allowed two runs on three hits and struck out eight. Edders dropped his ERA to 2.84 and allowed just one XBH in the outing.

Troy is now 24-9 overall and is ranked top-20 in the country by D1Baseball.com. Edders has been a spark plug on Saturdays continuing to provide quality starts for the Trojans.


Tomas Valincius (Virginia) went six and a third against NC State on Sunday and allowed four runs on a pair of hits. In those six frames, Valincius struck out seven in 25 batters faced. Virginia is 17-13 with a midweek date with VCU and a weekend series at Pittsburgh.


Vytas Valincius (Illinois) had three multi-hit games last week - one against Illinois State and two against Maryland. Against Maryland, Valincius had a double in the series and knocked in five runs throughout the three-game set. More notably, Valincius added to his stolen base total which sits at five. He upped his average to .342 and heads into another midweek against Illinois State on Tuesday.


Colin Husko (UIC) tallied a pair of hits against Evansville on the weekend, Graham Mastros (Illinois State) had two against Valpo. Brenden Stressler (SLU) had three hits across games against Western Illinois and George Mason. 


Zach Kwasny (Ball State) threw a clean inning at Eastern Michigan on Friday night. He added a strike out and 14 total pitches in the outing in a 13-2 final in favor of the Cardinals.

Mack Whitcomb  (Tennessee Tech) continues to swing it extremely well. He had eight hits on the week with two coming at then-No. 1 Tennessee and four in the opener against Western Illinois. Whitcomb is hitting .358 with seven jacks and 30 RBI. He's been one of the most consistent bats among our alums this season. He's helped the Golden Eagles to a 6-3 conference record, just a game behind Southern Indiana.


Tommy Townsend (Butler) had four hits on the week with a multi-hit game against Eastern Illinois. Townsend is hitting .303 and is second on the team in homers and walks.


Nick Monile (North Florida) is on a five-game hit streak and had two multi-hit games last week - one against Florida and the other against West Georgia. He had one XBH on the weekend (a triple) and drove in a run. He's hitting .336 on the season for the 18-14 Ospreys.


Matt Barnes II (UC Davis) got the nod against UC Santa Barbara on Sunday. Though he finished with a no-decision, Barnes pitched well in his 2.2 innings of work. He allowed four hits but no runs. He struck out three batters, That's back-to-back clean outings for Barnes dating back to last week's assignment against Cal Poly.

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